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SECRET DUNGEON IN OLD OHIO HOME
/^NE of the oldest houses; in the Crooksville community is tvhat is known as the Stone House, in South Crooksville, built in X843 by Joseph Hitchcock.
The stdne was quarried on the hillside above the house. The house contains eight large rooms, three large halls, three porches,
commodious basement and large attic. In the attic is_a dungeon, whose entrance is neatly coli=^ cealed. and can only be opened by pressing the riglit panel. This dungeon was tise3*T9Etr thie time of the Civil war as an undergrouiid railroad station to hideiugftive slaves being transported to the north.
Joseph Hitchcock died 54 year» ago at the age of 84.
The house now is owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Driggs, who have lived in it for 35 years. It contains some interesting an¬ tiques. There is a gas well on the plot and each room in the house has a large gas burner to heat it in winter.

[oiy> ~ ^€x\^ ^^u^y\
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Jjjj^- X^ - i^ ' . '- /
—_ ___—^ , "^ ySi^;. r^'-/ ../—*
1760 r—
SECRET DUNGEON IN OLD OHIO HOME
/^NE of the oldest houses; in the Crooksville community is tvhat is known as the Stone House, in South Crooksville, built in X843 by Joseph Hitchcock.
The stdne was quarried on the hillside above the house. The house contains eight large rooms, three large halls, three porches,
commodious basement and large attic. In the attic is_a dungeon, whose entrance is neatly coli=^ cealed. and can only be opened by pressing the riglit panel. This dungeon was tise3*T9Etr thie time of the Civil war as an undergrouiid railroad station to hideiugftive slaves being transported to the north.
Joseph Hitchcock died 54 year» ago at the age of 84.
The house now is owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Driggs, who have lived in it for 35 years. It contains some interesting an¬ tiques. There is a gas well on the plot and each room in the house has a large gas burner to heat it in winter.